Projects and Personnel
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Laurie Powers, Interim Director Heidi Herinckx: Interim Assistant Director Attributes of Effective Head Start Mental Health Consultants, Mary Dallas Allen, P. I. . Eileen Brennan and Beth Green (Project Mentors) Bridges to Housing, Diane Yatchmenoff, P.I. (sponsored by Neighborhood Partnership Fund) Kimberly Ford (Project Manager), Mandy Davis Circles Of Care, Eleanor Gil-Kashiwabara, P.I. Columbia River Wraparound System of Care Evaluation, Barbara Friesen, P.I. Community Partnerships for Reinvestment, Debi Elliott, P.I. Karen Cellarius (Project Manager), Herman Bryant, Rebecca Ruston Development Of Safety Planning Tool For Men With Disabilities, Mary Oschwald & Laurie Powers, Co-P.I.s Development Of Wraparound Implementation Guide, Janet Walker, P.I. Sandra Swart (Project Manager), Dee Dee Herinckx (Support Staff), Shane Ama, Heidi Herinckx Glenfair SUN Schools Evaluation, Karen Cellarius, P.I. Debi Elliott Healthy Family Project, collaboration with Oregon Social Learning Center (www.oslc.org), Lew Bank (P.I.), Diversity and Asian American Supplements to parent grant, Bowen McBeath (Co-I), Josephine County Meth TCE, Heidi Herinckx, P.I. Josephine County Homeless Bridges to Success, Heidi Herinckx, P.I. Josephine County TCE Evaluation, Heidi Herinckx, P.I. Leadership Training Initiative (sponsored by Neighborhood Partnership Fund) Mandy Davis (Lead Evaluator) Making A Life (My Life), Sarah Geenan & Laurie Powers, Co-P.I.'s Connie Loesch, Summer Pommier-Satya, Alison Turner Maltreatment And Mental Health In Older Foster Youth, Thomas Keller, P.I. - funded by NIMH. Kris Gowen (Research Associate),
Amy Salazar (Graduate Research Assistant) Medicaid Reference Desk, Laurie Powers, P.I. Connie Loesch Migrant Health Outreach Project, Ted Donlan, P.I. Motivational Parent Training in Community Corrections, Bowen McBeath, P.I. Hannah Bowen NATTT: AFRICAN AMERICAN TARGETED CAPACITY ENHANCEMENT, Heidi Herinckx & Nancy Koroloff, Co-P.I.s Shane Ama (Project Manager), Herman Bryant National Wraparound Initiative, Janet Walker, P.I. Vicky Mazzone NYIC (National Youth Information Center), Laurie Powers, P.I. Lisa McMahon (Project Manager) NYLN (National Youth Leadership Network), Laurie Powers, P.I. Lisa McMahon (Project Manager) ODE Making A Life, Sarah Geenan & Laurie Powers, Co-P.I.'s Dianne Duerscheidt (Project Manager), Lisa McMahon Oregon Consumer Network, Rollin Shelton, P.I. Oregon University Suicide Prevention Project (OUSPP), Heidi Herinckx, P. I. Project Success, Laurie Powers/Sarah Geenan/Jennifer Hogansen, P.I.s RECLAIMING FUTURES: COMMUNITIES HELPING TEENS OVERCOME DRUGS, ALCOHOL and CRIME Jim Carlton (Deputy Director), Mac Prichard (Communications Director), Benjamin Chambers (Project Director), Cheryl Reed (Administrative Manager), Cora Crary (Project Coordinator), Miriam Patterson (Dir. Assistant), Laura J. Hernandez (Admin Specialist). RESEARCH & TRAINING CENTER ON FAMILY SUPPORT AND CHILDREN'S MENTAL HEALTH(www.rtc.pdx.edu ), Barbara Friesen, P.I. Barbara Friesen (Center Director), Janet Walker (Director of Research and Dissemination), Barbara Friesen, Nancy Koroloff, Janet Walker, Donna Fleming (Coordinating Committee), Donna Fleming (Center Coordinator, RRI Partnership Library, Publications), Nicole Aue, Ariel Holman (Center Support Staff), Cintia Mason (Student Assistant) • Voices of Youth and Families: Community Integration of Transition-Age Youth: Pauline Jivanjee & Jean Kruzich (Co-PI's) • Transforming Futures: Research on Expanding the Career Aspirations of Youth with Mental and Emotional Disorders: Pauline Jivanjee (PI), Nancy Koroloff (Project Collaborator) • Partnerships in Individualized Planning: Laurie Powers & Janet Walker (Co-PI's), Barbara Friesen & Jean Kruzich (Project Collaborators) • Work-Life Integration for Families with Children & Adolescents Who Have Emotional or Behavioral Disorders: Eileen Brennan & Julie Rosenzweig (Co-PI's) • Transforming Transitions to Kindergarten: A Family-Provider Team Approach: Beth Green (PI), Eileen Brennan (Project Collaborator), TBN (Project Manager), Shane Ama (Research Assistant), Mary Dallas Allen (Research Assistant) • Practice-Based Evidence: Building Effectiveness from the Ground Up: Terry Cross & Barbara Friesen (Co-PI's), Pauline Jivanjee & Janet Walker (Project Collaborators), Jody Becker-Green (Project Associate) • Learning Community/ Evidence Based Practice (Data Trends): Barbara Friesen & Harold Briggs (Co-PI's), TBN (Project Manager) • Underrepresented Researchers Mentoring Program: TBN (Project Coordinator) TBN (Mentees) • Building on Family Strengths: Research and services in support of children and their families: Sandra Swart (Conference Coordinator), Donna Fleming, Ariel Holman & Nicole Aue (Conference Support) • Focal Point: Research, Policy, and Practice in Children's Mental Health: Janet Walker (Editor); Nicole Aue & Ariel Holman (Production Assistants) Research On The Association Between Nonprofit Organizational Change and Client Outcomes In Market-Based Environments, Bowen McBeath, P. I. Self-Advocates As Leaders (SAAL), Laurie Powers, P.I. Cindy Helvington (Project Director), Hannah Bowen (Project Coordinator), Marcela Tafala (Support Specialist) Social Network Analysis Project, Nancy Koroloff, P.I. Strong Schools, Safe Neighborhoods, Debi Elliott, P.I. Suicide Prevention Project, Dan Coleman, P.I. Victims' Rights Compliance Project, Debi Elliott, P.I. Karen Cellarius (Project Manager), Rebecca Ruston Violence ID (Identification and Reporting of Violence By People With Disabilities), Mary Oschwald & Laurie Powers, Co-P.I.s Weku (Family Relations), Debi Elliott, P.I. Karen Cellarius (Project Manager) Dee Dee Herinckx (Support Staff), Edna Kimmons, Rebecca Ruston, Julia Mines __________________________________________________________________________________________ Evaluation OF HOME WORKS—a service of Youth Contact, JIM NASH, P.I. Greg Forehand Children's Mental Health System of Care Evaluation, Barbara Friesen, P.I. BIG BROTHERS/BIG SISTERS MENTORING Evaluation, TANYA OSTROGORSKY, P.I. CLASS (C-PASS), Laurie Powers, P.I. Rollin Shelton (Director), Dianne Duerscheidt (Project Manager), Summer Pommier-Satya Evaluation OF FUNCTIONAL Family THERAPY—a service of Clackamas County Juvenile Department), Nancy Koroloff, P.I. Heidi Herinckx GENDER AND TRANSITION, Laurie Powers, P.I. Eleanor Gil-Kashiwabara, Connie Loesch LEADERSHIP TRAINING Initiative (sponsored by Neighborhood Partnership Fund) Mandy Davis (Lead Evaluator) PARENTS AND Children TOGETHER (PACT), JUDY KENDALL AND EILEEN BRENNAN, Co-P.I.s - OHSU School of Nursing
Wraparound Oregon Evaluation, Janet Walker, P.I. Nancy Koroloff, Vicky Mazzone (Support Staff) Wraparound Oregon: Early Childhood Evaluation, Diane Yatchmenoff, P.I. Jared Ivie (Project Manager), Jeremy Schlott, Robin Walker-Phillips, Jolanta Piatowski, DeDe Herinckx (Support Staff) RRI COLLABORATES WITH THE RESEARCH COMPONENT OF THE CENTER FOR IMPROVEMENT OF CHILD & FAMILY SERVICES (http://www.ccf.pdx.edu/index.php) , Katharine Cahn, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR RRI COLLABORATES WITH THE SURVEY RESEARCH LAB ( www.srl.pdx.edu ), Debi Elliott, DIRECTOR Amber Johnson (Project Manager), Vicky Mazzone (Office Manager), Terell Avery, Tiffany Conklin (Research Assistant), Zach Hathaway and Cameron Mulder (Interview Coordinators) Other Personnel/Associates: Arthur Emlen and Richard Dana The Regional Research Institute is affiliated with the School of Social Work
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